Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Infrastructure Applications - Focusing on Innovation, Technology Implementation and Sustainability (Cartonné)

This book examines current issues of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in civil infrastructure.� The contents of this book are divided into two parts.� The first part engages topics related to durability and service life of FRP composites and how they contribute to sustainability.� The second part highlights implementation and applications of the FRP composites with an emphasis on bridge structures.� An introductory chapter provides an overview of FRP composites and its role in a sustainable built environment highlighting the issues of durability and service life followed by a current review of sustainability in infrastructure design.�